Indigenous peoples have lived on the land that is now Canada since time immemorial, and today there are about 1.8…
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Aug 6 2024
Tse’k’wa Heritage Society
Tse’k’wa (or “Rock House” in Dane-zaa/Beaver language) is a cave site near Charlie Lake in Northeastern B.C. that tells the…
Aug 6 2024
Commemorating Residential School Sites, Their History and Legacy
*Trigger warning – This text relates to Indian Residential Schools. The Residential School System is a topic that may cause…
Jun 22 2023
Indigenous Programming Accompanies Re-enactment Return at Battlefield Park
This June, 210 years since the original battle transpired, the re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek returned after a…
Mar 26 2023
UNDRIP and Indigenous Heritage: Pathways to Implementation
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was identified in the report of the Truth and…
Oct 4 2019
NCTR Director Reflects on Residential School and Cemetery Preservation
It’s been four years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released its final report into the history…
Aug 9 2019
Tracing a Site of ‘Difficult Heritage’
Documenting the Muskowekwan Indian Residential School In 2018 the National Trust for Canada featured the Muskowekwan Residential School as one…
Apr 16 2018
Cliffside Stories: How Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Feeds Today’s Generations
To Conrad Little Leaf of the Piikani Nation, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump near Fort Macleod, AB and its neighbouring foothills and…
Mar 27 2017
Honouring the Truth: the Physical Legacy of Canada’s Residential Schools
2017 promises to be an extraordinary year as Canada positively sizzles with national celebrations marking the 150th Anniversary of Confederation….
Mar 16 2017
A Culture of Inertia
A story that profoundly touched me was told to us (siblings) by our mother, a childhood memory and one which…
Jun 9 2016
Protecting Indigenous Heritage: Lessons from the Past
When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Final Report in December 2015, it acknowledged the importance of Indigenous heritage…
